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1766 De Seve; Baron, Hippopotamus, large quarto edition, hand colored engraving, mammals

1766 De Seve; Baron, Hippopotamus, large quarto edition, hand colored engraving, mammals

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The print measures approximately 7 1/2 inches wide by 10 inches long (19 x 25.3 cm)

Published in Paris, 1766.

Fine later hand colour.

From the exquisite and now very scarce LARGE EDITION of Buffon.

On watermarked laid paper.

Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742 – 1788) was a French illustrator who was commissioned by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon to provide the quadruped illustrations for Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1749-1778).

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